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Dolores Hart, O.S.B. (born Dolores Hicks; October 20, 1938) is an American Roman Catholic Benedictine nun and former actress. Following her movie debut with Elvis Presley in Loving You (1957), she made 10 films in five years, including Wild Is the Wind (1957), King Creole (1958), and Where the Boys Are (1960).
Mar 8, 2024 · In the early 1960s, Dolores Hart was a rising film star. Then she left it all to become a Catholic nun at Benedictine Abbey in Bethlehem, Connecticut. She gave up fame at just 24 to live a monastic life, renouncing all earthly pleasures and chanting in Latin eight times a day.
Dolores Hart was born on 20 October 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Where the Boys Are (1960), Francis of Assisi (1961) and Come Fly with Me (1963).
Jan 6, 2021 · American actress Dolores Hart was celebrated as 'the next Grace Kelly' in Hollywood before she found her way to God. (Photo by Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images) Hart spoke to...
Dolores Hart was born on October 20, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Where the Boys Are (1960), Francis of Assisi (1961) and Come Fly with Me (1963).
Dolores Hart began her career as an actress when she was only 19 years old, making her screen debut in 1957 as Elvis' sweetheart in Loving You. Dolores became an overnight success story and starred with Elvis again in King Creole the following year in 1958.
May 4, 2018 · In 1963, a promising young actress known as Dolores Hart left Hollywood, and all the high glamour that came with it, for the Roman Catholic Church.
Jul 10, 2005 · Mother Dolores Hart made her debut in Hollywood alongside Elvis Presley in Loving You. Since 1963, she’s inhabited a very different world. She caused a sensation when she became cloistered nun...
Jul 5, 2013 · Mother Dolores Hart, a Roman Catholic nun and former actress, was the subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary “God Is the Bigger Elvis.”
Apr 16, 2012 · Why Dolores Hart left Hollywood behind. Mary Valle April 16, 2012. God Is the Bigger Elvis," airing on HBO April 5, is a recently Academy Award-nominated documentary about former actress Dolores...
